UN’s Gold Standard climate emissions guide for businesses
It's your business to make sure your enterprise is future-proofed from climate change. How are you doing net-zero?
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Floating windfarm riding waves off Scotland’s coast
The world's first floating windfarm is now fully commissioned and delivering green electricity to Scotland’s grid. It is called the Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Ltd. (KOWL)
Tips For Growing Cannabis With Sustainable Practices
However, there’s one industry often overlooked in this regard - the cannabis industry. Being eco-friendly while growing green is a tough effort, however ironic it may sound. Marijuana plants are usually grown inside and require specific lighting, water, and nutrition conditions which unfortunately result in a considerable carbon footprint.
What Is Sustainability Recruitment and Why Does It Matter?
Is your bottom line being negatively affected by wasted resources and manpower? Sustainability recruitment has the potential to revolutionize business and help the planet at the same time.
3 of the Best 2021 Eco-Friendly Vehicles
If were living on Mars I'd probably have my eye on the Tesla Cybertruck. But since I am still on Planet Earth here are some more earth-grounded eco cars to look out for this year.
The Art of Greener Grass: 5 Ways to Improve Your Lawn’s Environmental Impact
The greenest lawn is no lawn. But if you must have a lawn, here are the ways to make it work in the eco sense.
Effective Ways to Significantly Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
With the ever-growing threat of climate change, each and every one of us must be doing all we can to reduce our carbon footprint. To preserve our planet for future generations, we need to educate ourselves on how to stop using fossil fuels and contribute to global warming.
7 Ways Businesses Can Reduce Their Environmental Impact
Environmental pollution and degradation have become a significant source of concern as the latest climate change reports forecast a grim future for the planet. Unfortunately, manufacturing industries and businesses are some of the most significant contributors to environmental pollution.
Green Development Reviews the Social & Economic Benefits of Carbon Reduction
Green Development LLC is at the forefront of combating the social costs of carbon emissions through its large-scale renewable energy projects in Rhode Island.
Empowering consumers: Rio Tinto’s aluminum becomes accountable upstream and down, on the blockchain
What if you want to buy items like smart phones, cars and even your favorite can of drink, knowing that they’re made from ethically and sustainable sourced materials? It’s about to become a reality with a radical new idea in the raw materials manufacturing space, started by a leading mining and metals company that deals in diamonds, copper, iron ore and aluminum.
Estée Lauder shows the planet beauty is more than skin deep
The niece of a Hungarian chemist, Estée Lauder, nee Mentzer, was trained in the art of face creams at an early age. She founded what is today a global brand, still run by the family. And now, carbon neutral.
Ultra white paint will put air conditioners out of business
Scientists invent a new paint that will put air conditioners out of business. And bypass greenhouse gases.
Clunker cars are choking Africa
Re-using and finding new homes for second hand bikes is one thing, but when it comes to old cars, it's another. America, Japan and Europe are shipping non-road worthy cars to Africa where they are creating an enormous amount of air pollution, greenhouse gases and dangers for those driving them.
Greta Thunberg is reshaping how stakeholders invest
Microsoft, Stripe, Goldman Sachs. They are investing billions in a trillions market opportunity. We can thank Greta Thunberg, says the deVere Group. "Greta is not just helping to save the planet - she is reshaping the global investment industry," says the head of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations.
Trillians to be made from carbon credits – Microsoft, Goldman Sachs show how
This week Microsoft announced it will be carbon negative by 2030, and launched a $1 billion fund for carbon reduction, capture, and removal technologies over the next four years, committing to remove all carbon it has emitted since 1975.
Sorry Greta, World to produce 120% more fossil fuels by 2030 – drastically at odds with warming limit
It’s kind of like the Shaggy song, even when he’s caught red handed: it wasn’t me. Greenhouse gas production from coal and oil are on the increase. No one is taking responsibility. We are in deep, deep trouble, new UN “Gap” report unveils today. So it’s time to wake up Middle East! The Production Gap […]
IRENA says: it’s not too late to turn to renewables
IRENA, the global renewable energy consortia with its headquarters in Abu Dhabi believes that though the clock of climate change is ticking, we still have time to avert global catastrophes. Speeding up the adoption of renewable energy technologies is the most feasible route to reduce carbon emissions and avoid catastrophic climate change, says a new […]
Beef much worse than chicken or pork – for the environment
Confirming what we’ve known all along, the consumption of beef is much worse than a vegetarian diet, and also worse than eating other animal meat products like pork and chicken, a new study from Israel confirms.
Climate change is sucking nutrition from our crops
Researchers now say in a revealing Nature paper that the most significant health threat from climate change has started to happen.
Greenhouse Gases Peak at Record Levels for 2012, Highest in 800,000 Years
Just in case you thought that UN’s 95 percent certainty that climate change is happening is a gimmick, the same United Nations body assessing our fate and its connection to greenhouse gas emissions released last week another shocker that’s no big surprise: last year 2012, saw the greatest amount of emissions to our planet yet.
‘Greedy Lying Bastards’ Film Review
‘Greedy Lying Bastards’ opens with an image of environmental destruction, and a voiceover announces: “what if I told you all this was preventable?” This is a powerful opening for an in your face movie that is bound to win plaudits for its exposure of those who deny, and actually do their bit to cause, and […]
Abu Dhabi Dump to Power 100 MW Green Energy Incinerator
About half of Abu Dhabi’s trash will ‘burn’ into green electricity in new $850 million power plant. Maybe you saw the wonderful movie, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Or maybe you’d read stories on Green Prophet about Masdar, or Shams, the world’s largest CSP plant in Abu Dhabi. Arab nations and their economies are certainly […]
Oil-Rich UAE Leads Emissions Accountability
Abu Dhabi has the world’s 5th highest proven oil reserve and the 6th highest reserve of natural gas. This is a hydrocarbon-based economy that – at first glance – should have no incentive to reduce their carbon footprint. And yet the United Arab Emirates as a whole seems to be taking climate change a lot […]
Middle East Immune to Pork Crisis? Think Again.
Reduce one food source and increase pressure on others. We’re all going to die! Only a lot later and with healthier arteries according to political satirist Stephen Colbert’s side-splitting riff on recent reports that the global bacon supply is “cooked”. Britain’s National Pig Association released data recently showing that European pig herds are declining “at a significant […]
Drive a Better Place EV for $510 a Month, Including Charge
The best news to come from Better Place is an attractive $510 leasing plan per month which includes 1000 km. Israel’s Better Place, headed by the iconic entrepeneur Shai Agassi has just released news of an attractive leasing deal bound to win over new subscribers: for NIS 1990 a month ($510 USD), for 36 months, […]